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August 6, 2009
Church's Radical Act: Sell Building, Use Money for Outreach
Rolling Hills Baptist Church is part of national movement challenging traditional ideas
By Christopher Quinn, The Atlanta Journal-ConstitutionAt the Rolling Hills Baptist Church in Fayetteville, the pastor is trying to sell the building from under his congregation.
"Our motive should not be to fill these seats, but to empty these seats," the Rev. Frank Mercer decided last year.
Amen, said the congregation, which is $150,000 away from paying off $1.4 million worth of land and buildings. Read more.
Challenge Question: If you become a church of bricks and mortar, will you cease to be a church of flesh and blood?
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That's awesome! I wish more churches would get from behind the walls and go out and do God's work! Don't get me wrong. Fellowshipping is a commandment, but most of us seem to have clung to fellowship and forgotten about the out reach commandment. This is truly inspiring!
Posted by: Diana on August 13, 2009